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Forget the Autism - Vox Popoli
There is substantial statistical evidence suggesting – suggesting, mind you, not proving – that sufficient vaccines can make you trans and gay: Here are the odds ratio between the fully vaccinated/fully unvaccinated.VD (Vox Popoli)
Troubled Water: Unsafe drinking water in the United States (2017)
Documentary about unsafe drinking water in various locations across the United States due to manmade pollution, outdated infrastructure and natural toxins.
Made by journalism students as part of the News21.com project at Arizona State University, USA. this documentary is part of a wider investigation which includes long form written articles and news photography. You can view the entire investigation at troubledwater.news21.com
Posted here under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 US licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/). Complete production credits are shown at the end of the video from timestamp 26:35.
France Crafts Offshore Wind Expansion to Meet Climate Goals
Julianne Geiger
2–3 minutes
France has revealed an ambitious strategy to amplify its offshore wind capacity, signaling a determined effort to make as much progress as neighboring nations in meeting climate objectives
#France #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Get ready for the future of transportation! One company hopes to test out its electric flying taxis at the Paris Olympics.
https://theconversation.com/electric-air-taxis-are-on-the-way-quiet-evtols-may-be-flying-passengers-as-early-as-2025-228664
#transportation #technology #environment
Electric air taxis are on the way – quiet eVTOLs may be flying passengers as early as 2025
These electric aircraft take off and land vertically so they don’t need runways. And they promise a quieter, more accessible and less polluting form of short-distance air travel than helicopters.The Conversation
The #future:
#environment #nature #climate #pollution #economy #capitalism #consume #extinction #humanity #earth #SteveCutts #art #artwork
EU Exits Treaty Allowing Fossils to Sue Over Climate Policy
Mitchell Beer
3–4 minutes
European Union lawmakers have voted to withdraw from an international agreement protecting energy investment and trade, paving the way for other signatory states to follow suit
https://www.theenergymix.com/eu-exits-treaty-allowing-fossils-to-sue-over-climate-policy/
#EU #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
EU Exits Treaty Allowing Fossils to Sue Over Climate Policy
European Union lawmakers have voted to withdraw from an international agreement protecting energy investment and trade, paving the way for other signatory states to follow suit.Mitchell Beer (The Energy Mix)
Scientists have been absolutely clear that we MUST make immediate and drastic changes if we are to avoid catastrophic eco-system collapse. But, as Greta Thunberg has said, all we ever get from politicians and industry leaders is more useless blah blah blah…
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #BusinessAsUsual
It's just like purchasing carbon offsets.
#ActOnClimate #ClimateChange #geography #deforestation #RenewableEnergy #geografia #FossilFuels #ActNow #environment #EndFossilCrimes #ClimateCrisis #Science #warming #Nature #climate #development #gasemissions #ClimateEmergency #climatecrisis #biologia #ClimateAction #photo #photography #GlobalWarming #cartoon #pollution #news #earth #amazon #Politics
Every day for the last 50 years, the oil and gas industry has brought in $3 BILLION in profits. Not revenues. Profits.
EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
That’s 💵 💵 💵 $52 trillion 💵 💵 💵 in pure profit, their payoff for happily destroying our climate and biosphere.
We need system change NOW.
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
Revealed: oil sector’s ‘staggering’ $3bn-a-day profits for last 50 years
Vast sums provide power to ‘buy every politician’ and delay action on climate crisis, says expertDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
Last 12 months have been the hottest ever recorded on the planet
The EU's climate monitor said Tuesday that March globally was 1.68°C hotter than an average March between the years 1850-1900, the reference period for the pre-industrial era.Le Monde with AFP (Le Monde)
#California exceeds 100% of #energy demand with renewables over a record 30 days
Source: https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/renewables-met-100-percent-california-energy-demand-30-days/
#usa #environment #climate #news #Solar
California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables over a record 30 days
In a major clean energy benchmark, wind, solar, and hydro exceeded 100% of demand on California's main grid for 30 of the past 38 days.Michelle Lewis (Electrek)
SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE OF METHANE EMISSIONS
#MethaneSAT #Environment #Methane #Pollution #Climate
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‘My country would disappear’: climate crisis could force Torres Strait Islanders from homes within 30 years
Large parts of islands could be uninhabitable by 2050, federal court told in first climate class action taken by Australian
#FirstNations #Australia #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
‘My country would disappear’: climate crisis could force Torres Strait Islanders from homes within 30 years
Large parts of islands could be uninhabitable by 2050, federal court told in first climate class action taken by Australian First Nations peopleGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Latest comic: No-so-silent Spring
#leafblowers #environment #climatechange #noisepollution #cartoon #comic #climate #climatecrisis #earthday
Only eight out of almost 21,000 bee species in the world die when they sting. Another subset can’t sting at all, and the majority of bees can sting as often as they want. But there’s even more to it than that...
#Bees #Wildlife #Environment
https://theconversation.com/most-bees-dont-die-after-stinging-and-other-surprising-bee-facts-227162
Most bees don’t die after stinging – and other surprising bee facts
99.96% of bee species do not die after stinging. So why does everyone think they do?The Conversation
It's time to get to work — on system change.
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Degrowth
Kevin Anderson is a Professor of Energy and Climate Change, holding a joint chair in the School of Engineering at the University of Manchester (UK), the Centre for Sustainability and the Environment at Uppsala University (Sweden), and the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation at Bergen University (Norway).
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Greenwashing
Imagine if we could spend two and a half TRILLION dollars to slow climate change, protect endangered species, re-wild the planet, and bring billions of people out of poverty while promoting equality and social justice.
But where could we possibly find that kind of money? 💵 💵 💵
Oh, wait…
➡️ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/22/global-defence-budget-jumps-to-record-high-of-2440bn
#Politics #War #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateJustice
Global defence budget jumps to record high of $2440bn
For the first time, government military spending increased in all five geographical regions, Sipri thinktank findsDaniel Boffey (The Guardian)
From yesterday: Environmental advocates called it “a land grab of Boca Chica State Park land for a private space corporation that is clearly not in the public interest.” So why is the state parks agency seemingly so eager to work with #SpaceX? https://www.texasobserver.org/spacex-tpwd-park-land-musk/
#politics #ElonMusk #news #USpol #Texas #corruption #environment #pollution #SouthTexas
The SpaceX Land Swap Is Only the Latest Texas Public Park Giveaway
Does the state parks agency serve the people, or corporate interests?Lise Olsen (The Texas Observer)
'We were in disbelief': Antarctica is behaving in a way we've never seen before. Can it recover?
Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers. Now, climate scientists are wondering whether it will ever come back.Ben Turner (Live Science)
Frog story. 🐸🔥🌡️
#ActOnClimate #ClimateChange #geography #deforestation #RenewableEnergy #geografia #FossilFuels #ActNow #environment #EndFossilCrimes #ClimateCrisis #Science #warming #Nature #climate #development #gasemissions #ClimateEmergency #climatecrisis #biologia #ClimateAction #photo #photography #GlobalWarming #cartoon #pollution #news #earth #amazon #Politics
Remember that this is a choice — a choice that has been made for us. It doesn’t *have* to be this way.
Did any of us consent to this? Are we consenting to it now?
We can’t opt out. But can we opt in, and force a different choice?
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Degrowth
More like Earth Day 2024, am I right?
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #Greenwashing
Corporate climate plans are improving, but still ‘critically insufficient’
New analysis finds "quite a big gap" between 51 companies' emissions targets and their plans to actually achieve them.Joseph Winters (Grist)
Ancient woodland closed after years of illegal dumping of commercial waste, in Ashford
Illegally dumped commercial waste covers Hoad's Wood, a 199-acre site of protected ancient woodland that has seen industrial-scale illegal dumping since 2020 reaching heights of 12 feet and leading to its recent closure as campaigners continue their fight to have the site cleared, in Ashford, Britain. REUTERS/Chris J. Ratcliffe
@photography
#waste
#dumping
#woodland
#environment
#Britain
#Hoad'sWood
Global billionaires tax to fight climate change, hunger rises up political agenda
Brazil and France want the G20 to get behind a global minimum tax on billionaires’ wealth, also backed by IMF chief, but Germany rejects the idea
#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Global billionaire tax for fighting inequality rises up political agenda
Brazil and France want the G20 to get behind a global minimum billionaire tax, also backed by IMF chief, but Germany rejects the ideaJoe Lo (Climate Home)
All along they've told us it would be so easy... just recycle some of your trash, or ride a bike once in a while, and everything will be fine.
There's no need to even *think* about system change. 🙄
#Pollution #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual #Greenwashing #Environment #Climate #Degrowth
'From above, aerial surveys of the Great Barrier Reef revealed a “mass coral bleaching event” was unfolding across the world-heritage site.' https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/global-coral-bleaching-event-called-by-climate-agency-noaa/103649728 #environment #GlobalWarming
Global coral bleaching event called by US climate agency for the fourth time in history after year of extreme ocean heat
After a year of record-breaking heat, a devastating story has been playing out in the world's oceans. Scientists working along the most breathtaking reefs show what led to climate agency NOAA calling a global bleaching event for only the fourth time …Tyne Logan (ABC News)
Too hot for a lizard? Climate change quickens the pace of extinction.
The loss of plant and animal species on Earth is happening at a speed never seen in human history, according to the United Nations. #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Climate #Environment
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lizard-population-declining-climate-change/
Too hot for a lizard? Climate change quickens the pace of extinction
A disappearing a lizard population in Arizona shows how climate change is fast-tracking the rate of extinction.David Schechter (CBS News)
Utility-related fires are wreaking havoc across the United States. Since 2017, fires related to electricity transmission have burned at least 3 million acres.
New today: A closer look at the #Texas Panhandle fire, and why it's a grim preview of our near future. From our friends at Sierra Club magazine ... https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-panhandle-fire-climate-environment/
#wildfire #ClimateChange #environment #news #politics #USpol #weather #fire #drought #energy
The Epic Texas Panhandle Fire Is Just a Preview
Texas officials go to bat for oil and gas while the climate-fueled Smokehouse Creek Fire still rages.Christopher Collins (The Texas Observer)
Climatejustice.social is a Mastodon server for climate justice activists and those concerned about global warming and the current environmental crisis:
Find out more at https://climatejustice.social/about or contact the admin @PaulaToThePeople
#FeaturedServer #Environment #Green #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Environmental #Activism #GlobalWarming #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
Climate Justice Social
Welcome to this official Fediverse instance for climate justice activists.Mastodon hosted on climatejustice.social
https://theconversation.com/arsenic-in-landfills-is-still-leaching-into-groundwater-20-years-after-colleagues-and-i-learned-how-the-king-of-poisons-could-escape-trash-dumps-223471
#environment #pollution
Arsenic in landfills is still leaching into groundwater − 20 years after colleagues and I learned how the ‘king of poisons’ could escape trash dumps
If not properly managed, heavy metals such as arsenic can accumulate in landfills and leach into soils and groundwater.The Conversation
#Desert city of #Dubai #floods as heaviest #rainfall in 75 years hits #UAE
source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/dubai-floods-uae-rainfall-weather-forecast
#Rain is unusual in the UAE but occurs periodically during the cooler winter months.
#weather #climate #environment #earth #news #disaster
Desert city of Dubai floods as UAE hit by heaviest rainfall in 75 years
City records over 120mm of rain in a day, about as much as it expects in a year as rain floods highways and homesGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
The #EPA Has Done Nearly Everything It Can to Clean Up This Town. It Hasn’t Worked.
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Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, #Kentucky, remains polluted.
The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say.
#Pollution #Environment #Climate #CleanAir #CleanWater #Cancer #News #Science #Law
Why EPA Efforts to Clean Up Kentucky Town Haven’t Worked
Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, Kentucky, remains polluted. The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say.ProPublica
Jail for holding a placard? Protest over the climate crisis is being brutally suppressed
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/13/climate-crisis-protest-activism-repression
Not only jailed for peaceful protest, but also now facing being struck off by the GMC. The state is working hard to suppress protest in all of its forms in the UK. We have been warned, ignore these signs at your peril.
#Protest #Suppression #UKPolitics #Environment
Jail for holding a placard? Protest over the climate crisis is being brutally suppressed
The legal repression of activism has been fast and frightening, yet it won’t make protesters disappear and only sows divisionNatasha Walter (The Guardian)
Amazon degradation hits area three times larger than deforestation
8–9 minutes
Despite the resumption of public environmental policies that have effectively slashed deforestation in the Amazon, degradation is on the rise as warnings have been issued for close to 163 thousand km² of the biome
#Amazon #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Amazon degradation hits area three times larger than deforestation
Despite the resumption of policies that have slashed deforestation in the Amazon, degradation is on the rise as warnings have been issued for close to 163 thousand km² of the biome.Agência Brasil
How Genome Mapping Can Transform Sugarcane Into Green Fuel
https://scitechdaily.com/how-genome-mapping-can-transform-sugarcane-into-green-fuel/
#science #biology #genetics #botany #agriculture #farming #energy #environment #biofuels
How Genome Mapping Can Transform Sugarcane Into Green Fuel
Unveiling sugarcane's genome, scientists set the stage for innovative breeding and renewable carbon sourcing, heralding a new era in agricultural research and sustainability.Mike O'Neill (SciTechDaily)